Giant Eagle

Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Giant Eagle in BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO
Employer Giant Eagle Report ID 20201010143
Address 5300 Richmond Rd. City, State ZIP BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO 44146
Event Date October 25, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Industry (NAICS) 445110 Inspection # 1500518
GPS Coordinates 41.41000, -81.50000

Incident Narrative

An employee was backing a stand-up fork truck out of trailer into the warehouse and struck the bumper of the loading dock at the outside edge of the dock plate. He fell off the fork truck onto the concrete floor in the dock area. The employee was hospitalized for a leg injury that required surgery.

Incident Summary

On October 25, 2020, a worker at Giant Eagle in BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway, with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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